Re: WAL replay logic (was Re: [PERFORM] Mount options f

> > > Added to TODO:
> > >
> > > * Allow WAL information to recover corrupted pg_controldata
> > >...
> > > > Using pg_control to get the checkpoint position
> speeds up the
> > > > recovery process, but to handle possible
> corruption of pg_control,
> > > > we should actually implement the reading of
> existing log segments
> > > > in reverse order -- newest to oldest -- in order
> to find the last
> > > > checkpoint. This has not been implemented, yet.
> >
> > So if you do this, do you still need to store that information in
> > pg_control at all?

Yes: to "speeds up the recovery process".

Vadim

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